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Pi in Dominos

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:07:43 +0000

Things to do this Pi Day

admin — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:32:41 +0000

Make (and Eat) a Pie – These pie recipes for Pi Day from NPR’s McCallister look incredibly tasty. But, there’s no shame in putting a frozen store-bought pie in the oven, or picking up a pie from your local bakery. Any kind of pie is great on Pi Day! If you’re making your own, get inspired by these beautifully designed Pi Day Pies. Tell us on Facebook: What’s your favorite kind of pie for Pi Day?

Pi Music – Compose, sing or play a Pi song on Pi Day: Check out this piece for violin, or this Pi song by David Perry on guitar, or this ensemble piece by Michael John Blake with xylophone, piano, accordian, ukulele, banjo and more:

Pi Arts & Crafts – If music isn’t your thing, do an art project. Check out this Pi Day cross-stitch or other Pi Day craft projects. Etsy has all kinds of Pi Day crafts for sale.

Andrey Larionov (pictured at the right) from the Ukraine is working on a very large mosaic based on 100,000 digits of Pi. Check out his Facebook group for the project to see how it’s coming along.

Even More Pi Music

Dan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:29:38 +0000

Check out EducationalRap.com’s Pi Day Rap page, including quite a few Pi rap songs you can listen to. My favorite line is “If I’m buyin’ rims for a car – circumference – hey, yo, 2 Pi r…”

Also, TeachPi.org has a nice Pi music page with downloadable lyrics to several songs.

Pi on the Violin

Dan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:50:12 +0000

“Pi Day” is a violin piece composed using the digits of Pi (to 220 decimal places). It’s been performed quite a bit, and you may even contact the composer and request sheet music through his YouTube page.

Mathematical Pi Song

Dan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:04:50 +0000

The Pi(ano) Song

Dan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:04:13 +0000

The digits of Pi mapped to notes in a melody, played on the piano:

Pi Day Rap

Dan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:03:08 +0000

Pi’s ongoing string of numbers tend to inspire people to write songs about it. Here are a few raps about Pi:

At the Exploratorium in San Francisco, some scientists there wrote & performed this rap for Pi Day 2007:

This rap was performed by “Pi Diddy” of TeachPi.org, another great Pi website where you can find this and other original Pi songs: